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Book
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Interlibrary loan requests
are limited to ten requests per
patron per week, including
requests taken over the
telephone. There is no charge
for this service unless the
lending library charges a fee.
Usually the patron can be
informed of any such fee prior
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Photocopy Requests |
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To
request a periodical article via
interlibrary loan, a patron must
submit, in addition to the title
of the periodical, a volume
number and/or date. It is also
necessary to have either the
appropriate page numbers or an
accurate title for the article
in question. Photocopies will be
provided to the patron at the
cost of TWENTY CENTS per page.
Any charges by the lending
library are assumed by the
patron. You will be notified
beforehand. If a periodical is
owned by a library within
walking distance of the Osterhout Free Library (e.g.,
King's College or Wilkes
University), the patron is
encouraged to go to that library
and photocopy the article.
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Patron
Notification |
Patrons will be notified by mail
when the requested material has
arrived.
The patron must have a current
Luzerne County Library System
card in good standing in order
to request and receive material
through interlibrary loan.
If the item requested cannot be
borrowed from another library,
for whatever reason, the patron
will be notified by mail or
phone.
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Returning Interlibrary Loan
Books |
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Borrowed materials must be
returned to the Osterhout Free
Library on or before the due
date. This is very important
because the Osterhout Free
Library has an obligation to
return the material on time to
the library from which it was
borrowed. The patron will be
charged
fifty cents per day
for each day any title is late.
Requests to renew an
interlibrary item must be made
at least 7 days before the due
date. The approval or denial of
a renewal request is solely the
decision of the lending library
and not the Osterhout Free
Library.
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Late or
Lost Interlibrary Loan Books |
If
a patron loses or otherwise does
not return a book, he will be
billed for the replacement of
the book plus any processing
fees charged by the lending
library. Failure to return a
book will result in suspension
of interlibrary loan borrowing
privileges until the book is
paid for or returned. If the
patron does not return a book
and does not pay replacement and
processing charges, interlibrary
loan privileges will be
suspended.
Even
though a patron may lose a book
and pay the resulting fees, if
this occurs three times,
interlibrary loan privileges
will be suspended for one year.
If a patron repeatedly (three
times) returns books two or more
weeks late, interlibrary loan
privileges will be suspended for
three months. In addition, the
patron is liable for payments of
any overdue charges before
interlibrary loan privileges are
reinstated.
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Interlibrary Loan Requests
Cancelled |
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A
patron is requested to notify
the Interlibrary Loan Department
if a title requested is no
longer needed. If a patron
repeatedly (three times) does
not pick up material requested
on interlibrary loan,
interlibrary loan privileges
will be suspended for three
months.
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